Towel rack attachment



Oct. 27, 1936. Q s COMSTQCK 2,058,416

TowEL RACK ATJTACHMENT,

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Patented Oct. 27, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT oFElcE t t TOWEL mss'scmnr l Clark S. Comstock, Great Barrington, Application July 20, 1935. Serial No. 32,319 2 claims. (01.211-123) .This invention relates to towel rack attachments and has for an object to provide a simple, inexpensive and efilcient device for attachment to towel racks to prevent slippage of towels.

A towel rackattachment embodying the inventionconsists of a split rubber sleeve having a spring metal insert therein tensioned to contract said sleeve into frictional contact with a rod passing therethrough. Such an attachment may readily be attached to a towel rack merely by spreading the sleeve and snapping it into place and will eil'ectively prevent slippage of the towel. The insert may be provided with inwardly projecting tangs to stick into a wooden bar and thuslock the sleeve against rotation or the friction of the sleeve alone may be relied upon to prevent rotation thereof. v

Also, in a modified embodiment of the invention, the sleeve may be provided with two different size channels to receive the `rod upon which the attachment is mounted, thus adapting the attachment for use with rods of diierent size and each channel may be provided with inwardly directed tongues for engagement withthe rod, these tongues permitting additionalvariations in the size of the rod on which the attachment may Other objects, novel features and advantages of this invention will following specication and accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a towel rack equipped with attachment embodying the .invention;

Fig. 2 is a'transverse section through one embodiment of the invention; Fig. 3 is a transverse section through a second modification of the invention.

Flg. 4 is a plan view of the modication shown in Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a transverse cation of the invention.

Referring more especially toFigs. 1 and 2, the attachment comprises a split rubber sleeve I0 in which is molded a slotted spring metal insert Il of the same transverse configuration as the sleeve. The longitudinal edges of the sleeve are extended as at I0a and the metal insert extends up into such extensions. s I

The sleeve may readily and quickly be attached Y the rod I2 of a towel rack merely by springingto the edges far enough apart to pass the same over the rod.` The insert Il is so tensioned as to contract the-sleeve into frictional engagement with the rod to prevent movement of the sleeve on the rod and the interior of the sleeve frictionally grips a towel laid thereon to prevent slippage thereof.

become apparent from the section of a further moditherethrough.

In themoditlcation disclosed in Figs. 3 and 4, the extensions Ia are dispensed with but the insert is provided with tangs or tongues Ila which project inwardly of the sleeve. These tangs are effective to stick into a wooden rod I2 5 and lock the sleeve against rotation on the rod. Also, these tangs are effective to project into the seam of a seamed rod for the same purpose.

In the modification disclosed in Fig. 5, the sleeve l0 and insert il are formed with two channels, one of which is of larger diameter than the other. The device is thus adapted for mounting on rods of differentl diameter. In order to still further increase the diierent sizes of rods on which the device may be mounted, tangs Il and 'I5 are struck out of the metal insert and project into .the channels. These prongs are .adapted to engage the periphery of a rod of smaller diameter than the diameter of the channel. -but are movable back accommodate a rod of the diameter of the channel. 'I'hese tangs automatically recede into the sleeve when ,the same is applied to a rod of the same diameter as the channel. With the arrangement disclosed in Fig. 5, the device is adapt- `ed for mounting on rods ranging in diameter from the smallest diameter -rod which will be held in place by the tongues i4 to thelargest diameter rod which will larger channel.

Each of the modications above described may be equally and easily snapped into place around a rod and will be held in proper relation thereto by frictional engagement or actual penetration of the tangs into the rod should the latter be of soft enough material .for that purpose. Also, each of the modiiications provides'frictional contact for preventing slippage of a towel laid across the rod upon which the devices are mounted. If desired, each extended longitudinal edge Illa 40 '\of the sleeve may be provided with one or more apertures through which rivets or the like may be passed for clamping the sleeve on the rod I2.

I claim: 1. An attachmentv for towel rods or the like `having a longitudinal groove, said attachment l comprising a split rubber sleeve, a spring metal insert therein tensioned to contract said sleeve, and tangs projecting inwardly from the ends of said insert and being receivable in the rod groove. 2. An attachmentv for' towel racks comprising a split rubber sleeve having two channels of diiferent diameters, a spring metal insert therein tensioned to contract said sleeve, and resilient tangs projecting from said insert inwardly intoeach channel for engagement with a rod passing CLARK s. `coMsTocK.

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